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He was installed on 6 September. On 7 September, William Holmes was ordained as the first minister of the subscribing section that had seceded from
Abernethy 's congregation in 1726. Duchal began (anonymously) a controversy with Holmes, and the pamphlets which ensued formed the closing passage in a discussion which had agitated Ulster presbyterianism from 1720. Abernethy's death on 1 December 1740 was followed early in 1741 by the death of Richard Choppin, his senior colleague in the ministry at Wood Street, Dublin. The sole charge as their successor was offered to
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Priestley for publication were lost in the passage to Liverpool. Six small volumes, containing 47 autograph sermons by Duchal, 1721–40, which on 18 November 1783 were in possession of William Crawford, D.D., were presented by James Gibson, Q.C., to the
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In 1730 Abernethy was called from Antrim to Dublin, and Duchal became his successor. An entry in the Antrim records states that on 'agwst the 14 1730 Mr. James
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Christianity gained him when published (1753) the degree of D.D. from Glasgow. He composed aloud,
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Moderator, April 1827, p. 431) from a copy by Thomas Drennan; the first three are
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